A Raeford man who bought a $20 lottery ticket is now more than half a million dollars richer.

North Carolina Education Lottery officials on Wednesday identified Jeremy Sowells as the latest big winner of a Fast Play jackpot.

Sowells won $508,513 on the 100X The Cash scratch-off ticket he bought over the weekend at Muncheez Express on Fayetteville Road in Raeford.

When he bought it, the progressive jackpot was worth $308,513. Lottery officials said because the ticket he bought cost $20, he won 100 percent of the jackpot and another $200,000.

He collected his prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters and took home $361,101 after taxes were withheld.

The winner has 180 days from the day of the lottery draw to claim the winning prize money, lottery officials said.

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